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pg1337 | 9 years ago | on: Ask HN: What is a good source of news for Fintech related stuff?

Dailyfintech.com is quite good

pg1337 | 12 years ago | on: Debt ceiling: Why the Great American Ponzi scheme might just keep running

The demographic bubble is just starting to hit though. The cost of boomers retiring will be felt from 2010-2030. If it is already unsustainable, or getting there, it can only get worse if left in its current state.

pg1337 | 13 years ago | on: Show HN: Bateman, a stock trading system I'm working on

This looks interesting, and I'm going to try back testing this.

I would suggest trying out-

1. market neutral positions. Eg- If you go long AAPL, go short XLK ( The tech stock ETF). 2. going long slightly out of the money call options instead of stock. ( If the options are liquid)

I mostly do stat arb, and for back-testing, even I tried Metatrader, Quantopian and several other platforms and didn't think any of them were suitable. FXCM's Strategy Trader is worth taking a look at. It can only trade forex live through FXCM, but you can import CSV data and back test on whatever you import.